QuickTime for Java: getting started and HREF Tracks
FAQ ("...AV Macs, especially in relation to the use and programming of their DSP chip...")
Quicktime Video and Text Synchronization Example
This page presents a Quicktime movie (a segment of Kurosawa's "Throne of Blood")... This example uses a specialized invisible text track embedded inside the movie to send JavaScript commands to the browser, causing a new caption to appear in the caption frame. Using embedded JavaScript commands eliminates the need to store a separate HTML file on the web server for each caption, and allows the caption to appear more quickly on the page since it doesn't have to be downloaded from the web server while the video is playing.
...a QuickTime movie isn't limited to storing its data in a single place. A movie can reference data from a variety of sources. A QuickTime movie file consists of two parts. The first part is an index or database enumerating the various media streams within the movie and where their media data is stored. The second part is the actual media data. By separating the media data from the index, it is possible for several different QuickTime movies to share a common piece of media data without having to duplicate the data. This approach is similar to how an html document can reference images from a variety of locations. While a QuickTime movie typically references data stored on a local hard disk, we have prototyped implementations that allow a single movie to reference data on a local hard disk (or CD-ROM) and a URL. In fact, a single digital media stream can even be broken across several URLs.
Multi-media Captioning using Quicktime and Overview of QuickTime Captioning
What are some ways to synch audio in Flash?
Actually, QuickTime is not really a movie format, but is a software development package that allows the synchronization of video, text, sound, and music. But the name "QuickTime" has come to be popularly applied to movies files that are produced using this package. Such files generally have either a .MOV or .QT extension. ... QuickTime VR is a recent addition to the QuickTime technology. QTVR is designed to provide a sense of virtual reality by giving a user a 360-degree view, allowing him to move through scenes and around objects.
...Adobe GoLive 4.0 has a quicktime track editor to easily time and insert synchronization points (chapters, href, etc).